An online signature drive to push for national security legislation – passing Article 23 of the Basic Law – in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began on Sunday, with the initiator saying there is an urgent need for the city to pass the law because separatists and anti-government forces are using the epidemic to harm the security of the country, the stability of the city, and public health. Source: Global Times | 2020/2/24 21:48:40

Taiwan confirmed two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 20, and reported the first death caused by the epidemic, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Sunday. Source: Xinhua | 2020/2/17 9:40:52

Hong Kong has announced a basket of relief measures for businesses and residents suffering from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and mulled allocating 25 billion Hong Kong dollars (3.22 billion US dollars) for the fight against the epidemic. Source: Xinhua | 2020/2/16 12:41:41

HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government will provide allowances for low-income households and subsidies for businesses in face of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Source: Xinhua | 2020/2/15 10:57:17

China announced on Thursday the appointment of Xia Baolong, vice chairman of China's top political advisory body, as head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) of the State Council. Source: Global Times | 2020/2/13 17:02:12

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Tuesday announced the development of a new system that can identify 30 to 40 infectious respiratory pathogens in one single test within an hour, including novel coronavirus and bird flu virus.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/2/13 9:20:13

Passengers from China's Hong Kong region on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan due to coronavirus thanked the Chinese Embassy in Japan for sending medicine after 174 passengers were confirmed infected. Source: Global Times | 2020/2/12 22:48:40

A resolution passed by a Hong Kong district council urging police chief Chris Tang Ping-keung to go to Wuhan to assist the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus is “purely a political show,” noted Hong Kong analysts. Source: Global Times | 2020/2/12 16:18:40

Various sectors of the Hong Kong society have donated more than 1 billion yuan (143 million US dollars) and also medical equipment for the novel coronavirus control efforts in the mainland. Source: Xinhua | 2020/2/11 7:54:30

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday launched joint drills featuring naval and air forces near the island of Taiwan, one day after it conducted a combat readiness drill which saw its warplanes encircle the island. Source: Globaltimes.cn | 2020/2/11 2:07:39

Former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui was rushed to a hospital after he began choking and coughing from drinking milk, local media reported over the weekend. Lee has remained under medical observation due to lung infection concerns. Source: Global Times | 2020/2/11 0:22:33

Related authorities and producers in the mainland have allocated 17 million masks to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in the past month in a move that Chinese experts said indicated the central government was performing its responsibility and obligations to support the city in the battle against the novel coronavirus pneumonia （NCP）despite a severe shortage of medical supplies on the mainland.
Source: Global Times | 2020/2/9 19:53:40

As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, HongKong will shut down several mainland-bound customs, including Luohu, Lok Ma Chau, and Huanggang port effective Tuesday, only Shenzhen Bay and HK-Zhuhai-Macao bridge ports will continue to function: CarrieLam
Source: Global Times | 2020/2/3 17:36:24